US4286781A - Playground merry-go-round - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
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- Merry-go-round playground equipment is very popular among children but can be dangerous when children get underneath the equipment and are injured by the protruding edges of the metal body.
- the metal bodies are also very heavy and expensive and difficult to fabricate, ship and assemble. Playground equipment needs to be safe to use, inexpensive to fabricate, easy to assemble and durable in use.
- the body section of the merry-go-round of this invention is formed of a rotational molded polyethylene plastic and presents a completely enclosed merry-go-round with no open areas or rough frame work exposed to cause any injuries to children even if they should get underneath the equipment.
- An inter frame member is provided in each of the four body sections and includes end plates positioned in recesses having exposure from the underneath for connecting the end plates together.
- the abutting edges of the body sections are covered by a channel cap connected at its inner end to a centrally disposed hub and at its outer end to the inter frame members through a downwardly extending fin.
- Each of the body sections includes a railing extending from the top of the hub horizontally outwardly and then downwardly where it merges into two peripherally disposed legs connected to the platform of the body section thereby providing structural strength to the body and also a handhold for the users of the equipment.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the playground merry-to-round.
- FIG. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view thereof with a portion broken away to illustrate the inner inter frame members connecting the body sections together.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3--3 in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4--4 in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5--5 in FIG. 3.
- the playground merry-go-round of this invention is referred to generally in FIG. 1 by the reference numeral 10 and includes four identical quarter body sections 12 molded out of polyethylene plastic using a rotational mold process to provide a high strength piece of playground equipment which is resistant to extreme use and weather conditions.
- Each of the body sections 12, as seen in FIG. 2, include an inter frame member 14 molded therein (FIG. 3) adjacent the outer peripheral edge.
- the frame member 14 is provided with end plates 18 disposed in a recess 20 giving access to bolts 22 connecting end plates 18 of adjacent inter frame members 14, as seen in FIG. 5.
- Adjacent abutting sides 26 are covered by a channel cap 28.
- the sides of the body sections 26 include upstanding portions 38 which merge into horizontally extending portions 40 and downwardly extending portions 41 which abut each other on adjacent body sections.
- the outer end of the channel cap 28 includes a downwardly extending fin or gusset 42 which is connected between the end plates 18 by the bolts 22, as seen in FIG. 5.
- the inner end of the channel cap 28 is bolted to a top horizontally disposed flange or collar 44 by bolts 45.
- the collar 44 is welded to a hub 46 having bearings in either end and supported on a support collar 50 welded onto a post shaft 52 set in concrete 54 in the ground 56.
- the inner ends of the quarter body sections 12 are arcuately shaped to matingly engage the circular hub 46 and are disposed on a flange 60 spaced above the support collar 50 on the post shaft 52.
- the bearing in the lower end of the hub engages the support collar to space the lower end of the hub from the support collar 50.
- the upper inner surface of the body sections 12 are positioned under the bolt collar 44.
- Each body section 12 includes a railing structure 70 comprising a horizontally extending portion 72 having its inner end connected to the collar 44 on the hub 46 between adjacent inner ends of channel caps 28, as seen in FIG. 2.
- the portions 72 merge into a pair of peripherally spaced apart legs 74 connected by feet 76 to the platform 78 of the body section 12 and provides structural strength for the body section as well as handholds for the users of the equipment.
- the assembly of the merry-go-round is completed by the attachment of a cap plate 80 using the bolts 45 which extend through the cap plate and through the inner ends of the railings 70 and the cap channels 28 into threaded apertures in the bolt collar 44 welded to the hub 46.
- Each of the body sections 12 includes a flat platform area 78 and a concave curved vertical wall 80 thus providing dished out stations around the periphery of the merry-go-round.
- the railing structure 70 not only strengthens the entire piece of equipment but provides handholds for the users with the legs 74 additionally functioning as a guard rail preventing children from falling off in response to centrifugal forces generated as the merry-go-round is rotated.
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US5921867A (en) * | 1998-04-30 | 1999-07-13 | Mayeux; Timothy J. | Self-propelled merry-go-round |
GB2391558A (en) * | 2002-08-01 | 2004-02-11 | Tony Bliss | Rotatable screened deck |
RU176744U1 (en) * | 2017-03-13 | 2018-01-25 | Вадим Юрьевич Рысков | TRAINING CAROUSEL FOR SHOULDER BELT |
RU176846U1 (en) * | 2017-06-01 | 2018-01-30 | Вадим Юрьевич Рысков | TRAINING CAROUSEL BASED ON RADIAL BEAMS |
RU2799478C1 (en) * | 2022-06-30 | 2023-07-05 | Наталья Викторовна Сандакова | Method for treatment of movement disorders and a vestibular carousel for its implementation |
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US1130217A (en) * | 1914-03-05 | 1915-03-02 | William S Tothill | Merry-go-round. |
US1826468A (en) * | 1929-04-08 | 1931-10-06 | Everwear Mfg Company | Playground apparatus |
US1860194A (en) * | 1929-11-20 | 1932-05-24 | Peter J Maloney | Roundabout or merry-go-round |
US1925324A (en) * | 1931-01-28 | 1933-09-05 | Maude E Breuer | Roundabout |
US2686674A (en) * | 1952-06-12 | 1954-08-17 | William F Behrens | Occupant propelled roundabout |
US3075762A (en) * | 1961-01-13 | 1963-01-29 | Claude W Ahrens | Merry-go-round apparatus |
US3510127A (en) * | 1968-08-13 | 1970-05-05 | Game Time Inc | Safety rotating playground apparatus |
US3511498A (en) * | 1968-04-16 | 1970-05-12 | Claude Wesley Ahrens | Spring supported merry-go-round type apparatus |
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US1130217A (en) * | 1914-03-05 | 1915-03-02 | William S Tothill | Merry-go-round. |
US1826468A (en) * | 1929-04-08 | 1931-10-06 | Everwear Mfg Company | Playground apparatus |
US1860194A (en) * | 1929-11-20 | 1932-05-24 | Peter J Maloney | Roundabout or merry-go-round |
US1925324A (en) * | 1931-01-28 | 1933-09-05 | Maude E Breuer | Roundabout |
US2686674A (en) * | 1952-06-12 | 1954-08-17 | William F Behrens | Occupant propelled roundabout |
US3075762A (en) * | 1961-01-13 | 1963-01-29 | Claude W Ahrens | Merry-go-round apparatus |
US3511498A (en) * | 1968-04-16 | 1970-05-12 | Claude Wesley Ahrens | Spring supported merry-go-round type apparatus |
US3510127A (en) * | 1968-08-13 | 1970-05-05 | Game Time Inc | Safety rotating playground apparatus |
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US5921867A (en) * | 1998-04-30 | 1999-07-13 | Mayeux; Timothy J. | Self-propelled merry-go-round |
GB2391558A (en) * | 2002-08-01 | 2004-02-11 | Tony Bliss | Rotatable screened deck |
GB2391558B (en) * | 2002-08-01 | 2006-04-19 | Tony Bliss | Rotatable screened deck |
RU176744U1 (en) * | 2017-03-13 | 2018-01-25 | Вадим Юрьевич Рысков | TRAINING CAROUSEL FOR SHOULDER BELT |
RU176846U1 (en) * | 2017-06-01 | 2018-01-30 | Вадим Юрьевич Рысков | TRAINING CAROUSEL BASED ON RADIAL BEAMS |
RU2799478C1 (en) * | 2022-06-30 | 2023-07-05 | Наталья Викторовна Сандакова | Method for treatment of movement disorders and a vestibular carousel for its implementation |
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